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分fēnto divide; to separate
八eight · bā
刀knife · dāo
Memory aidA knife 刀 cutting something into two 八: to divide.
红hóngred
纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
工work · gōngSound part
纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with hóng.
Memory aidSilk 纟 with 工 (gōng) for the sound: red, the colour of dyed silk.
How to write 分红
分 4 strokes · 红 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 分红 (fēnhóng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
分红 (fēnhóng) means “to share profits” or “to pay a dividend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēnhóng: fēn with a 1st tone, then hóng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 分红 is written 分紅. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 分红 from the suggestions. Typing fenhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
分红 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
分fēn1st tone, high and level
红hóng2nd tone, rising
